The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-11-10
POWELL AND VICTORY.
Fully 1000 People Listened to Our
Gubernatorial Candidate.
he lIclitioal lGtrts Irlly IhtluCt---
he leCIIe tle AltrtC6 tlt AtLy
Stark VIII Give Him Grand
Send OF Next Tuesday.

out the stale, Then surely will General
Thomas Il. Powell be elected Governor
OF ONO on 1utSday next. Thus lnul-
Gates that tilelG Is " De another Demo-
cratlC Governor to rule over ONO IN
the near 1utule," was the remark that
fell from the lips OF a DemOCIaLIc COun-
Gilman as the enormous crowd were
Jamming through the doors 10 gain an
entrance. Hon. ThUmas h. POWell al
r.Ncu JesLeluaJ afternoon from Clncln-
nau on tlle o:45 TT. Wayne Tram, and
lie was met az the depOL by MesSls.
John G. Harmt ny, Samuel ID. Mayer
and Mayor Blake. He was driven to
Prosecutor MeI,y's residence on North
Market street. Early III the evening u
large crowd Of people COngregaLeu on
East IuscaraNas street, near the
Square, to see the Young Mems Demo-
cratic Club come out from their head
quarters onto the street. They had
about l40 men III line ana nAaue Cnv IIu-
est appearance last night of any this
season. They wele headed by the &. ~.
Band and they marched up North Mar
ket street to Mr.. Welty's residence "
escort General Powell to the IaDeI-
nacle. An open baroucne, drawn Ly
Cwu laTge gray horses, ana driven BY
Mr.. Henry Miller, stood waiting at the
gate of Mr.. Wei US residence. AS soon
us the club COuntermarched, Prosecutor
Welty, Editor McGregor, Judge Al
baugh, Ex-senator Sherrlck, the PreSl-
dent OF the meeting, and General
Powell, stepped into the carriage, ana
Immediately followed the band III the
procession. The club marched down
Market-street to Sth, out 9Th to Poplar,
thence north to ruscarawas, down Tus-
carawas to Cherry, thence to 7th, up 9TH
to Tabernacle, Where they halted for a
few minutes. The club then marched
to their rooms to take back their Ian
terms and badges, and then returned
to the Tabernacle i'll body. After
three cheers were proposed by Captain
Moss for the next Governor of Ohio,
the club broke ranks Ind secured
seats. The building was packed from
one end to the othel, not even except
ing the gallery. There were at least
1000 people who came out to hear Mr..
Powell discuss the political issues OF
the day. phere were some people there
who came distance of 20 miles to at
tend the meeting. Nearly 100 people
got on the regular train at
Hartyille and returned after the
meeting on a special. After
the band had played one of its
selections, three colored gentlemen
wenU upon the rostrum to flavor the
occasion with some vocal music. They
sang lively piece which elected great
applause and they we've brought out a
second time. After the cOlOred trio
had concluded their second piece, Hon
Johnson Sherrick arose and said: Eel
low citizens, we have with us tonight
our candidate for Governor. He comes
here for the purpose of discussing
the issues of the campaign. After
his speech he will hold a reception here
and we cordially invite all present tC
call upon him. l will now introduce t.
you General Thomas +. Powell. Mr.
Powell first recognized the chair anC
then politely bowed to his audience
He said that this was the first he haC
the opportunity to visit our county
since his nomination at Cleveland.
desire to express my sincere thanks fol
the support l received from party
friends and also to the Young Mems
Democratic Club for the reception
have received from your hands. SET
from the size of your audiences tha
Stark county is alive to the issues o.
this campaign and that she proposes t.
do her full share i'll retiring j. b. For
aker to private life and give to the peo
pie of Ohio better and more ecOnO
mical administration. Since the open
ing of the campaign / have visited
\ more than 80 counties and never ha
the outlook in the State been as favora
BILE as it is now. Everywhere largt
meetings are held, the only difficult!
we have to encounter is to find hall
large enough to hold the immens
gatherings. AT Cleveland, Columbus
Cincinnati and other cities w
are having the largest meet
ings ever held in any State cam
\ paign. This indicates that the Demo
| cratic party means to redeem Ohio
There is nothing in the history of tn
4 country so remarkable as the growth o
the Democratic party. At one tim
l the Democratic party carried but thre
| States in a Presidential election. 4
few years later it carried but six States
| We now have q Democratic PreSiden
| and the Democratic flag and | thinl
| that by next Tuesday we can make it
round two dozen. / believe that tn
| feeling all over the State is that wa
| Governor in time of peace is Il very OK
penSiye luxury. y man who is carry
| ing on a war all to himself is not th
IsOrt of q Governor that the people 0
Ohio want. You all remember tn,
campaign stories of 1884 thai er
used to elect Blaine, but notWithstand
ing this a majority of the people hat
sense enough to vote for Cleveland
After we had elected him our party wa
too large to be counted out. He ha
administered the government SO care
fully and economically as to brini
prosperity to every citizen. Ii
two years we have increased tn,
pensions 80 per cent, and after we hat
fixed up the Union soldier in gooC
shape we then provided for 1900
Mexican soldiers by placing them OF
the pension rolls. The Democrat,
party has also equaliEed pensions
Under the supervision of Pension Com
missioner Black every pension applica
tion is Immediately passed upon. Tht
Democratic party was the friend of tn,
navy and the protector of the marine
In 1851 American vessels carried 9.
of all the goods between this an(
foreign countries. But after the Re
publican Party had squandere(
100000 in building navy there wa;
not a vessel that was fit to fight &
battle. We have restored to the public
domain about a hundred million acres
of land for the benefit Of the poor man
Every pledge made by the party in
1884 has been redeemed. During
Cleveland's administration no salaries
have been raised. Useless clerks have
been discharged from the public ser.
vice. In the first year we saved